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== Etymology ==
The term ''Bible'' can refer to the [[Hebrew Bible]], which corresponds to the Christian [[Old Testament]], or the Christian Bible, which in addition to the Old Testament contains the [[New Testament]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Bible {{!}} Dictionary.com |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Bible |website=www.dictionary.com |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015205119/http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bible |archive-date=15 October 2006}}</ref>

The English word ''[[:wikt:Bible|Bible]]'' is derived from {{langx|grc-x-koine|τὰ βιβλία|translit=ta biblia}}, meaning 'the books' (singular {{langx|grc-x-koine|βιβλίον|translit=biblion|label=none}}).{{sfnm |1a1=Bandstra |1y=2009 |1pp=7 |2a1=Gravett et al. |2y=2008 |2p=xv}}
The word {{lang|grc|βιβλίον}} itself had the literal meaning of '[[scroll]]' and came to be used as the ordinary word for ''book''.{{sfn|Beekes|2009|pp=246–247}} It is the diminutive of {{lang|grc|βύβλος}} ''byblos'', 'Egyptian papyrus', possibly so called from the name of the [[Phoenicia]]n seaport [[Byblos]] (also known as Gebal) from whence Egyptian [[papyrus]] was exported to Greece.{{sfn|Brake|2008|p=[https://archive.org/details/visualhistoryofe00brak/page/29 29]}}

The Greek ''ta biblia'' was "an expression [[Hellenistic Jews]] used to describe their sacred books".<ref>{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Hamilton |title=From Hebrew Bible To Christian Bible {{!}} From Jesus To Christ – The First Christians {{!}} Frontline {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/scriptures.html |website=www.pbs.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021417/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/first/scriptures.html |archive-date=14 June 2018}}</ref> The biblical scholar [[F.&nbsp;F. Bruce]] notes that [[John Chrysostom]] appears to be the first writer (in his ''Homilies on Matthew'', delivered between 386 and 388 CE) to use the Greek phrase ''ta biblia'' ('the books') to describe both the Old and New Testaments together.{{sfn|Bruce|1988|p=214}}

Latin ''biblia sacra'' 'holy books' translates Greek {{lang|grc|τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια}} (''tà biblía tà hágia'', 'the holy books').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liddell|first1=Henry George|last2=Scott |first2=Robert |title=A Greek-English Lexicon, βιβλίον |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbibli%2Fon |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118102635/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbibli%2Fon |archive-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la-x-medieval|biblia}} is short for ''biblia sacra'' 'holy book'. It gradually came to be regarded as a feminine singular noun ({{lang|la-x-medieval|biblia}}, gen. {{lang|la-x-medieval|bibliae}}) in medieval Latin, and so the word was loaned as singular into the vernaculars of Western Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02543a.htm|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia|publisher=Newadvent.org|year=1907|access-date=23 April 2010|archive-date=13 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613102636/http://newadvent.org/cathen/02543a.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>